When I was starting college twenty years ago, the prevailing sentiment was all programming jobs were going to be outsourced and that getting a CS degree was a fool's errand. I literally had a guidance counselor try to talk me out of it. I did it anyway.
When I finished in 2006, there was a real vacuum in the developer space, presumably because everyone got the same advice I did, and jobs were relatively easy to find.
By about 2008 there was just no one. We had open developer positions for months with zero applicants.
I have seen vacuums and gluts come and go.
My advice is just if you are interested, go for it. The market will come around.
True. However the future may be different if the government doesn’t make changes. It’s easier and cheaper to now hire off-shore devs than Americans. There goes your pay raises and jobs or competitive salaries.
When I finished in 2006, there was a real vacuum in the developer space, presumably because everyone got the same advice I did, and jobs were relatively easy to find.
By about 2008 there was just no one. We had open developer positions for months with zero applicants.
I have seen vacuums and gluts come and go.
My advice is just if you are interested, go for it. The market will come around.